July 4th
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:41 pmEvery year my family gets together for a big celebration around July 4th. This year was no different. lots of people and fellowhship, some drama 
but what kept coming to mind is in looking around at moms house, walking around, playing horseshoes, listening at the quiet on my brother's front poarch, there took root a heavy feeling in my heart. The government is planning on taking away my families homes, not for lack of payment but because they wanna build a toll road. Just sitting and watching the family and thinking back to my grandfather when he was alive and knowing that he had built the house my parents live in and i grew up in. I drank in wanting to preserve every little moment. We have earthly homes and heavenly homes. There is a hole in my heart knowing the government can take away what has been in the family for so long. Not so much the material things, just the whole feeling of home and the special place it holds in my heart. The woods where i played in, the pets that are buried on the property, the horses next door, the peacocks and zebras just down the road. Now, the family will continue to get together just as we always do and maybe the government will change their minds. If not, things will certainly change for my whole family.
My mom would always tease once she retired that she was blowing our inheritance and i always told her to have an awesome time in her older years that all we wanted was for the house we grew up in to remain in the family, never to be sold. All us kids had agreed on that years ago. Home is much more than the structural building itself, it is built on years and years of memories, good and bad. And while i know my family will always be my family, My whole family is saddened by this, not just the ones who live here, but the ones who come up from Fla every year to spend time with us. I have been deeply saddened that the government can just take away what i have grown to love and it is with a sense of helplessness that i tried to say goodbye.
This led me to think further, what if the government tried to regulate what we read, what if we could no longer have the Bible at our convenience or Oasis or worship music or fellowship? A huge change that would sadden and affect many more than i even realize. I
that if that day comes that we will all remain steadfast in the Lord and remember just how precious we all are to Him and what He sacrificied for what He loved.
I am not sure if this is a precious memory but when i first saw the title i had to come in and talk about the feelings i had this year during the family get together.
GBU all
but what kept coming to mind is in looking around at moms house, walking around, playing horseshoes, listening at the quiet on my brother's front poarch, there took root a heavy feeling in my heart. The government is planning on taking away my families homes, not for lack of payment but because they wanna build a toll road. Just sitting and watching the family and thinking back to my grandfather when he was alive and knowing that he had built the house my parents live in and i grew up in. I drank in wanting to preserve every little moment. We have earthly homes and heavenly homes. There is a hole in my heart knowing the government can take away what has been in the family for so long. Not so much the material things, just the whole feeling of home and the special place it holds in my heart. The woods where i played in, the pets that are buried on the property, the horses next door, the peacocks and zebras just down the road. Now, the family will continue to get together just as we always do and maybe the government will change their minds. If not, things will certainly change for my whole family.
My mom would always tease once she retired that she was blowing our inheritance and i always told her to have an awesome time in her older years that all we wanted was for the house we grew up in to remain in the family, never to be sold. All us kids had agreed on that years ago. Home is much more than the structural building itself, it is built on years and years of memories, good and bad. And while i know my family will always be my family, My whole family is saddened by this, not just the ones who live here, but the ones who come up from Fla every year to spend time with us. I have been deeply saddened that the government can just take away what i have grown to love and it is with a sense of helplessness that i tried to say goodbye.
This led me to think further, what if the government tried to regulate what we read, what if we could no longer have the Bible at our convenience or Oasis or worship music or fellowship? A huge change that would sadden and affect many more than i even realize. I
that if that day comes that we will all remain steadfast in the Lord and remember just how precious we all are to Him and what He sacrificied for what He loved.
I am not sure if this is a precious memory but when i first saw the title i had to come in and talk about the feelings i had this year during the family get together.
GBU all
